UET 5, 0059 (P414963)

Letter tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 52-30-074

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# {d}[...]
2. qi2-bi2#-[ma]
3. um-ma ARAD-{d}suen-ma#
4. asz-szum _ku3-sig17_ ku-nu-uk-[...]
5. sza-nu-um an-nu-um# [...]
6. szu-bu-lum#
7. u3 _ku3-sig17_ u2-ul tu-[...]
8. ap#-pu-tum
reverse
  beginning broken
  blank space

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 5, 59

    [Figulla1953UET5] Figulla, Hugo H., and William J. Martin. 1953. Letters and Documents of the Old-Babylonian Period. Ur Excavations. Texts 5. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: NABU 2016/5

    [deBoer2016letters] Boer, Rients de. 2016. “Old Babylonian Letters from UET 5 in the Archibab Database.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2016/5.

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  • Museum No.: UM 52-30-074
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 17247k
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 15:33:46 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-05-16 at 06:32:59 Jagersma, Bram Artifact Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-12-26 at 07:32:50 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Allred, Lance CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 5, 0059 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414963.
UET 5, 0059 artifact entry (No. P414963). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414963 (Original work published 2010)
UET 5, 0059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414963 (Accessed: April 5, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {UET 5, 0059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414963},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P414963},
}


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